Friday, 19 December 2014

Egypt reopens tomb as tourism falls - The Art Newspaper: Egypt plans to reopen the royal tomb of Nefertari, a wife of Ramesses II (who reigned from 1279BC to 1213BC), on a regular basis after it was closed for eight years because of concerns over the condition of the site’s wall paintings.

The burial site in the Valley of the Queens was opened for ten days in mid-October to celebrate the 110th anniversary of its discovery by the Italian archaeologist Ernesto Schiaparelli. Speaking at an event in London last month, Egypt’s minister of tourism, Hisham Zazou, proposed that the site remains open. “I want to make sure [this period] is expanded, so it is open every month,” Zazou said, adding that the tomb would be open one week a month to a limited number of tourists. Access was restricted to 150 visitors before it was closed in 2006.

Wednesday, 17 December 2014

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!
Dr Medhat Elsaied, minister of youth and sport for Luxor, would like to invite
all residents and visitors to a folklore show at the Cultural palace in Awamiya
tomorrow, 18th December, at 7pm.

Saturday, 13 December 2014

Luxor Governorate: Announcement
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN FROM
‪#‎LUXOR‬ LOVERS,,, READ CAREEFULLY

‪#‎Tomorrow‬ 14th of December at Noon Minister of Antiquities and the governor of Luxor will open Amenhotep III tomb
And the re-installation of Amenhotep III statue
In the west bank
A press conference will be held at the same place of the event.
This is a great present for Luxor Visitors,, Enjoy it

PS having seen the pictures I have concluded the Luxor Governate page is wrong and the tomb in question is Amenhotep son of Huy

‪#‎WATCH‬ IT PLEASE,,,
Starting from December 17th until December 21th the festival figures will begin at Abu El haggag yard in Luxor.
A great competition will be between the sons of skilled level in this game
Known to be the Stick art one of the Egyptian martial arts derived from the ancient Pharaonic assets, and uses the wooden sticks in fencing, stick used in the art of logging is not "aggression stick" but "Stick of love" to save the rights and peace and uphold the nobility and magnanimity.

Friday, 12 December 2014

Profile - Airbnb: Jane was an amazing host. She went out of her way to help our group and arranged an outstanding and very reasonable private dinner for us on the rooftop terrace. Her place is located in a secluded area of Luxor and was quite peaceful. We were very sorry to not be able to stay for longer. I highly recommend staying at her place for a few days. Thanks again Jane!!!

Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh Eldamaty told Ahram Online that the sarcophagus is well preserved condition and houses the mummy of the deceased. He continued that until now the name of the sarcophagus owner has not been revealed yet but the sarcophagus is dated to the Third Intermediate Period (100-900 BC).

“It has a unique style that was common during the reign of the 21th dynasty,” Eldamaty told Ahram Online..........................

Saturday, 6 December 2014

Sphinx unearthed at Karnak temple | Cairo Post: CAIRO: A limestone statuette of a Sphinx has been unearthed during a routine excavation north of Luxor’s Karnak temple complex, according to Abdel-Hakim Karar, director of the Upper Egypt Antiquities Department, Friday.

“The 60-centimeter tall statue was discovered to the east of the sanctuary of the temple of God Ptah, one of the four main temple enclosures that make up the immense Karnak temple complex,” Karar told The Cairo Post Friday.

It was discovered by archaeologists from the French-Egyptian Centre for the Study of the Karnak Temples, currently excavating at the northern area of the precinct of Amun-Re temple, according to Karar......................

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UK - co-owner of Flats in Luxor Group. British in origin, Egyptian at heart. First visited Egypt in 1979 and finally got to move here in 2003. Been there, done it and got the t-shirt(IT Consultant, PCG Chairman, ex cult member). Finally living my dream: Egyptology (doing an online Egyptology course at Manchester Uni), sunshine, cold beer and Mahmoud. What more could a girl want?